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...authorize a formal probe, Democrats have had to find another way to investigate Speaker Newt Gingrich's book deal. The committee now plans to ask the principals to testify under oath about the deal. Scheduled to appear in the next few weeks: a Gingrich congressional aide, two lobbyists for Rupert Murdoch, owner of HarperCollins, which publishedGingrich's book "To Renew America," and two executives from publishers whose bids on the book were rejected. Democrats hope the testimony will convince committee Republicans to break the deadlock and authorize a formal probe...
...nickel, the Speaker may be using up his frequent-flyer miles and wolfing down Big Macs. "Newt isn't rich," says Jim Baen, the nonrich publisher of Gingrich's novel 1945, who should not be confused with the very rich publisher of Gingrich's nonfiction title To Renew America, Rupert Murdoch. Says Baen: "He should flaunt his poverty and stay at Motel...
...under siege. It's nothing personal against the beloved elephantine creature from Sesame Street, but as a symbol of quality children's television, Snuffy is trying to hold the fort while Rita Repulsa, Newt Gingrich, Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills, Armani-clad copywriters from Madison Avenue, Rupert Murdoch, professional wrestlers, professional lobbyists and Nickelodeon emcees armed with green gook storm the walls...
...star of Die Hard with a Vengeance, one of the many brutal-fun action pictures that escaped Dole's wrath. So did the gleefully smutty-minded Fox television network and its contributions to the history of crotch-grabbing, such as Married ... With Children. Fox is owned by Rupert Murdoch, a major contributor to conservative causes...
...basics." Let them support public radio and television -- or not complain when the kids watch Beavis and Butthead and their parents watch Married ... With Children, a show whose raw humor at the expense of family values enriches not some Hollywood liberal, by the way, but Newt Gingrich's publisher, Rupert Murdoch...